The United Football League is a professional American football league being organized by William Hambrecht, a Wall Street investor and former minority partner in the USFL's Oakland Invaders, and Tim Armstrong, a senior executive at Google. Mark Cuban, owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, has agreed to purchase a franchise for $30 million. Teams are already being set up in Las Vegas, Mexico City and Los Angeles. Birmingham, San Antonio, Raleigh-Durham, and Orlando are being considered for franchise locations. Eight locations will play the initial games, which are scheduled to start in August 2008.
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- Blog Maverick - Competing with the NFL Mark Cuban's weblog article about why a league competing against the NFL could succeed.
- Wikipedia: United Football League Open content encyclopedia article covers the league, including basic profile, executives, potential markets.
- CNNMoney.com: A Wall Street veteran starts United Football League: Report Article announcing creation of the league.
- CNNMoney.com: Is there room for another football league? Commentary by Chris Isidore, discussing the chances of the league and the inevitability of others taking on the NFL.
- OurSports Central - United Football League Coverage of the UFL, including links to external news stories.
- New York Times: First and Long — Very Long Article by Joe Nocera profiling Bill Hambrecht and his plans for the United Football League.
- Media Life Magazine - Coming, a second pro football league Article by Toni Fitzgerald, cautioning against following the XFL's example and a focus on what TV ratings might be.
- SignOnSanDiego.com - Hambrecht, Google exec to form rival to NFL, report says Reuters story covering the announcement of the league.